Anybody interested in sharing a membership on an 8' deep private lake in Arvin, CA? $1300/each for the year. Message me to discuss and for info. Goes up to $1350 each after Dec. 1. Butter all day everyday and close to LA.

I think water out there is at a premium. Your in the lakes region on Florida so seems like a lot. When i lived up in Jax I would have happily paid that for fresh water instead of all the salt and brackish.

Yeah, once you get south of the Delta, finding good water is tough. The early morning runs arent really even there anymore. People power turning and surfing at 7AM. Plus any lake is at least an hour away. It sucks to pay all the money to get there and not even be able to ride. With the private lake we can get there at noon and still shred 3 sets.

@DC- an 8' deep lake is plenty deep for a nice fat wake. Our lake is 5' and it's also a nice fat wake. Plenty of mobes big spins have gone down behind our boat. People assume that a shallow lake doesn't allow you have a big wake.....they are wrong.

The key in shallow water is to not run the boat to heavy....Or at least thats what seemed to be the case I've seen.

I am no physics major but my understanding for a fully loaded boat the sweet spot for water depth is 12 feet. Or dont run to heavy. You need 12 feet of water to have the water properly displace if not you actually get bounce back off the bottom and it washes out the wake.

Why would you do that when a cable park is opening April 2013 in Nor Cal? Maybe because of the drive, but I would drive to Bako on the regs if there was a cable park there. Now I only have to drive 15 minutes to my local Sacto cable! YAY!

Having ridden Seth's loaded up Super Air in deep water and also riding it at this private lake, I honestly don't think there is any difference in wake quality. Some other private lakes I have noticed a difference, not this one.

If I were a boat owner I would be all over this. I'm used to riding Naci and the trip to Bakersfield takes about twice as long (1 hour versus 2 hours) from SLO. Like he said, getting good water is impossible unless you have weekdays free to ride. This option guarantees you perfect butter all day long.

Riley, would you pay $ to ride butter if the Delta & cable wasn't in your backyard? Look at it like this, if you had to ride Folsom on Saturdays and Sundays only, how much would perfect conditions be worth? The cable will be great, but traveling 5-6 hours each way will not satisfy my riding habits.

so cal is terrible for water, even during the week. private lakes are the only way to guarantee yourself good water, and zero walliies. heck, even when it was windy at Chucks place, the water was still perfect. if I was still a boat owner, I would be all over that.
with that being said, if I had a cable option near by, I would prefer that, as it is easier on my old arthritic joints than giant wakes!

I grew up riding on a river in CA that was average 5' deep. We've had Xstars, my old MB (3500lbs ballast), malibus, you name it out there and all loaded up. Never had an issue. I do agree to the fact that maybe the wakes would have been better in 10' of water, but the point still remains that we never had an issue with washy wakes due to shallow depths or any issues at all other than the occassional stupid tree stump under water lol. This is literally over a 10 year period not just a few runs in shallow water.

Yes i have wakeboarded in 5 ft depth water on a private lake here in Arizona quite a few times. On a boat just 2 years older than mine but with the same hull and running close to the same weight as i do minus about 100#. Looking from the boat at the wake (@ the private lake) it looks fine. Not washed out or anything like that, But when wakeboarding and hitting the wake I can tell its missing its lip to it. As if you had the rear tanks emptied. i shouldn't have said before but rather said no or less lip. So what we do to compensate for this is slow the boat down a quarter mph And charge harder. Still doesn't feel quite right though. The private lake is man made with the bottom being all cement, that may have An effect?? Also from what Dust storms we the dirt does settle on the bottom of the cemented private lake, and Everytime we make a passes through certain areas where the dirt (now.mud) builds up, you can see it churned up in the wake and rooster tail. That's how I'm really sure we're missing our lip to the wake.

Steezy....Is cable better then wake?
I'm also liking the cable being so close..But is it better then wake in your opinion....or just different?

I prefer it, because I am old and the crashes are a little less abusive on the body! I also prefer hitting rails to hitting the wake. So for me yes it's better. Boat riding gets boring, yes it's fun to be out there having fun but I prefer to ride 8 people at a time with my homies rather than sitting in the boat watching and waiting my turn.

I think water out there is at a premium. Your in the lakes region on Florida so seems like a lot. When i lived up in Jax I would have happily paid that for fresh water instead of all the salt and brackish.

here in Jax if you're not riding in Black Creek you are riding in the wrong areas. Black creek during the week is primo. Might be one of the best spots in FL during the week, on the weekend different story. We're talking miles of tree lined creek at the perfect width and during the week nobody else to share with at all.

DC, if you are ever in our area, you're more than welcome to come out and get a pull. I assure you that our wake will change your opinion of whether a shallow lake can put out. We have a VTX and run about 3500lbs and the wake is legit. Our neighbor has a Super Air 210 and his wake is legit as well. We do push up some clouds of mud from time to time, but the wake is just plain nice. I will say that out power wedge allows us a have a super lippy wake, or flatten it out.

You aren't kidding there. I've ridden black creek many times. While it's kinda nice it's narrow and if you have to pass a boat in spots it's super tight. I've also come around corners and almost head on'd people driving on the left side of the road. Also not fun if your behind another rider being pulled or someone is crowding your rider. People ride Black creek because it's about the only fresh water in that area. I can think of about a million better places in Florida to ride. But on a side note I do here the gator hunting is good in there as there's a million of those in there too. They also prefer the fresh water of Black Creek!!

I guess it's OK if your the only boat in there, but since it's not a secret I've never seen that happen.